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The Netherlands national football team (Dutch: Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply Het Nederlands elftal) has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands , which is a part of ...
The history of the Netherlands national football team began when the Netherlands played their first international match on 30 April 1905 in Antwerp against Belgium.The game went into extra time, in which the Dutch scored three times, making the score 4–1 for the Dutch side, winning the Coupe Vanden Abeele.
Rank Player National career Matches Goals Minutes Total career 1 Wesley Sneijder: 2003–2018: 134: 31 9,811 2002–2019: 2 Edwin van der Sar: 1995–2008
This is the list of players that have played for the Netherlands national football team, ever since the first match against Belgium on April 30, 1905. It includes all players with correct statistitics up until the match of 26 March 2024 against Germany. The players are listed in chronological order according to the date of their debut.
The team's first coach was Cees van Hasselt, who took charge of their first match against Belgium in 1905. [1] Bob Glendenning holds the record for the longest tenure as Netherlands coach, having served in the role for a total of 16 years over two spells: in 1923, and from 1925 to 1940.
A list of current and former players who have played for the senior Netherlands national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Dutch footballers .
In the early 1900s, the Netherlands played four unofficial matches against Belgium as they contested for the Coupe Vanden Abeele. [5] The Dutch were represented by sides selected and organized by Cees van Hasselt, but since the games were not being sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), only players from the second division were available to Van Hasselt, so Belgium ...
The Netherlands national men's and women's team are usually dressed in orange and have a historic tradition of aesthetic possession football based around technical ability and attacking flair. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] They won the European Championship in 1988, and have competed in many European and World Cups.